# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# pylast - A Last.fm Music Tracker for Linux.
# Copyright (C) 2008-2009  Amr Hassan
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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import threading
import gtk

MAIN_THREAD_NAME = 'MainThread'

def threads_lock(main_thread_name = MAIN_THREAD_NAME):
	name = threading.currentThread().getName()
	
	if name != main_thread_name:
		gtk.gdk.threads_enter()

def threads_unlock(main_thread_name = MAIN_THREAD_NAME):
	name = threading.currentThread().getName()
	
	if name != main_thread_name:
		gtk.gdk.threads_leave()
